Applications for the grant of a 1 [reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease] in respect of areas whose availability for grant is required to be notified under rule 59 shall, if –
(a) no notification has been issued, under that rule; or 2 [(b) where any such notification has been issued, the period specified in the notification has not expired, shall be deemed to be premature and shall not be entertained.]
1.Substituted by G.S.R. 56 (E), dated 17.1.2000 2.Ibid 49 1 [61. Lessor to supply certain information to the lessee :- Where any area has previously been held under a reconnaissance permit or prospecting licence or mining lease, the person who was granted such permit or licence or lease shall make available to the new permit holder or licensee or lessee the original or certified copies of all plans of abandoned workings in that area and in a belt preferably 60 metres surrounding it.]